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Israel Indicts Palestinian ISIS Wannabes who Planned Terror Attack

Two Palestinian men, one of whom tried to enlist in the Islamic State terrorist forces, were indicted by Israel on a series of terrorism-related charges, including plans to make and use an improvised explosive device (IED) against Israeli soldiers. According to the indictment, 23-year old east Jerusalem resident Musab Eliyan tried to join ISIS but was arrested by Jordanian authorities on the way to Turkey and extradited back to Israel. In late 2015, Eliyan teamed up with 38-year old Samir Abed Rabo and fashioned plans to build the IED. Israeli authorities allege that the ISIS indoctrination and inspiration was honed during attendance at local Islamic group study sessions. In another case, a Muslim religious teacher was convicted by the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court of incitement to violence for comments he made from the Al-Aqsa Mosque in 2014. In a video posted to YouTube, Omar Abu Sara was seen preaching on the Temple Mount – Haram Al-Sharif to Muslims – saying, “I say to the Jews loud and clear: The time for your slaughter has come. The time to fight you has come. The time to kill you has come and we, with the help of Allah, we are ready for the task – we and the loyal and faithful Muslims, along with the armies of the state of the Islamic Caliphate, which will come to liberate this land from your filth, and that day is near…”